Background
Tafla, Bairu was born on December 15, 1938 in Keren, Eritrea. Son of Tafla Shekkay and Lettemedhin Fekhakh.
Tafla, Bairu was born on December 15, 1938 in Keren, Eritrea. Son of Tafla Shekkay and Lettemedhin Fekhakh.
Bachelor, Haile Selassie I University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1965. Master of Arts, Howard University, Washington, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Hamburg University, Germany, 1979.
Habil, Hamburg University, Germany, 1989.
Assistant professor Haile Selassie I University, 1968—1975. Research fellow Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany, 1975—1978. Researcher University Hamburg, 1979—1989, professor, since 1989.
Married Hildegard Eva Schmidt, October 2, 1980. Children: Daniel Bairu, Elaine Bairu.